Speaking about proposed amendments to the U.S. Constitutional to ban abortion and same-sex marriage, Huckabee stated: “I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it’s a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that’s what we need to do, is to amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards rather than try to change God’s standards so it lines up with some contemporary view of how we treat each other and how we treat the family.” (Huckabee rally in Warren, Michigan, January 14, 2008)